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Distance Learning And Higher Education : A Study In State-Wide Policy And Coordination For Continuing Education In The 1980'S, Barbara Maurer Hund
Distance Learning And Higher Education : A Study In State-Wide Policy And Coordination For Continuing Education In The 1980'S, Barbara Maurer Hund
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This study was concerned with policy research for coordinating state higher education and telecommunication efforts. It focused on graduate and continuing education and on distance learning. (Distance learning is an extension of the classroom which utilizes interactive television.).;This study's research was to identify and analyze possible coordinating state policies that would best facilitate distance learning in Virginia. This is linked to how Virginia higher education can interact with business and industry to encourage academic and industrial cooperation in distance learning.;It was hypothesized that there is consensus among influential people in Virginia as to the best coordinating policy for Virginia's graduate …